Division I Women

Friend Scores Five as UNC Beats Boston U 18-8

from press release

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Top-ranked and defending
NCAA champion North Carolina jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first
3:21 of the game and cruised to an 18-8 win over unranked Boston
University on Saturday afternoon at Navy Field. Abbey Friend
tied her career high with five goals for the second game in a row
to lead the Tar Heels (2-0) to the victory. UNC has won six
games in a row.

Friend scored her five goals on six shots in a strong offensive
performance. Sophomore Aly Messinger finished with four goals and
an assist, freshman Sydney Holman tallied three goals and one
assist and fellow freshman Molly Hendrick recorded two goals and an
assist. The Tar Heels also got single goals from Maggie Bill,
Taylor George, Carly Reed and Carly Davis.

Midfielder Sarah Scott led the team with five draw controls and
three ground balls. Messinger added three ground balls and a
caused turnover to her five points on the day.

Megan Ward started in goal and played the first half, making four
saves in 30:00 minutes to improve to 2-0 this season.
Freshman Caylee Waters played the second half, allowing four goals
without a save.

The Terriers got four goals from Mallory Collins and a goal and an
assist each from Lindsay Weiner and Taylor Hardison. Remy
Nolan and Kelsey Marafioti also scored for BU.

Carolina scored four times in the first 3:21 of the game, getting
two goals from Friend and one apiece from Bill and Messinger for an
early lead. BU got a goal from Collins at the 25:37 mark to
stop the Tar Heel run, only to see Carolina go on an 8-2 run to
lead 12-3 with 7:29 left before halftime.

After Collins scored again to make it 12-4, Carolina ripped off
three goals in a row to close the half, getting scores from Davis,
Holman and Friend.

The Tar Heels started the second half on a 3-0 run to take a
commanding, 18-4 lead with over 20 minutes left. BU scored
four late goals to make the final margin 18-8.

The game was originally scheduled for Friday afternoon at Fetzer
Field but was rescheduled because BU had difficulty flying into
North Carolina this week after the winter storm that hit the east
coast. The contest was played on the field turf of Navy Field
because Fetzer was too wet.

Carolina will return to action on Wednesday at 4 p.m. against
Canisius in Chapel Hill.